Others would insist that Wendi and Tony were just friends, and that the handsome statesman was merely comforting the lonely wife of an absent and distant older husband.

Later, some would claim that Rupert felt betrayed by the close relationship between Wendi and Tony, who was his trusted companion and powerful political ally.

"Tony" was the former prime minister of Great Britain, Tony Blair.

The note, not revealed until now, could have been one of the few pieces of evidence in their surprise divorce last year, had the case come to trial.

In this waiting period, you must live apart and not have sexual relations with each other.

Record the date in which you or your spouse moved out, and obtain documentation that proves you or your spouse lives in a new dwelling.

The 14-year marriage of Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng ended abruptly last year, after the News Corp. His empire includes newspapers around the globe, the 21st Century Fox movie studio, the Fox TV network, and the publishing house Harper-Collins.